[j-nsp] MX10K3 Experiences, ~2 years later

[Saku Ytti]

Many absurd things will become reasonable and logical when they are
sufficiently understood.

On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 17:22, Eldon Koyle
<ekoyle+puck.nether.net at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My biggest complaint about the mx10003 is the absurd port restrictions.  If
> you use pic-level config, you can run all ports at 40G or 4x10G, but if you
> want to use port-level speed config you have to set one of every 4 ports to
> 100G on pic 1 in each slot to be able to use all of the ports.
>
> Be sure to check your desired config for compatibility:
> https://apps.juniper.net/home/port-checker/index.html
>
> --
> Eldon
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 01:05 Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 18/Dec/19 19:47, Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I wanted to follow up on a thread from a couple of years ago about the
> > MX10003
> > >
> > > https://lists.gt.net/nsp/juniper/63670?search_string=mx10003
> > >
> > > We’ve got a bunch of MX204s that we use for peering and transit over LDP
> > based L3VPN pinned up with IS-IS and BFD.  We’re quite happy with these
> > boxes from a cost, density and feature perspective.  We’ve had no issues
> > with them at all so far in the few months that they’ve been in the field.
> > >
> > > Now, we’re looking for something to use in the same role, but with
> > higher 100G port density.  The MX10003 seems like a good fit from a cost
> > perspective verses something like an MX240, but also from a feature and
> > performance perspective because it uses the same hardware as the MX204 in
> > terms of EA Trios and CPU on the MPC, along with the CPU and memory on the
> > RE (except the MX204 has 32GB on the RE as opposed to 64GB on the MX10003).
> > >
> > > Wondering how folks are feeling about these boxes a couple of years
> > later.
> >
> > We like the MX10003 as a 100Gbps edge router. It comes with the
> > additional port density and hardware redundancy that the MX204 doesn't
> > have, so it does have a role to play.
> >
> > For customers that want 100Gbps ports, we will dump them on the MX10003.
> >
> > Mark.
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